U.S. Army Film Bulletin #44 Close Combat Firing
The best quality version of this (that I could find) is missing a minute or two at the end so I've uploaded that along with a poor quality version of the missing minutes at the end.
I have no idea if this is still relevant advice or if it is obsolete.
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This movie is part of the collection: WWII Archive

Producer: U.S. War Department
Audio/Visual: sound, black & white
Language: English
Keywords: WWII; World War II; World War, 1939-1945; M1911; US Army; United States. Army; Firearms; Rifles -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Revolvers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Pistol shooting; Shooting, Military; Pistols -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Marksmanship; ; firearms

Creative Commons license: Public Domain Mark 1.0

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Reviewer: Jeff Tabor - - April 17, 2013
Subject: This is a great find for the student of combat shooting
This film gives very succinct instruction on point shooting with a wide variety of infantry weapons of the day. The basic principles are indeed still relevant. Point shooting was very much in favor during WWII and some modern instructors still teach it.